RUSS 4710-1 / CLCS 4900-4

Saints and SinnersSaints and SinnersSaints and SinnersSaints and Sinners

MW 3-4:20—Laursen. This course examines the heroes of

Russian writers of the 19th

century as they accept or reject Russian Or

kenosis, the saintly emulation of Christ in his suffering. We will examine the

tortured heroes of Gogol’s Petersburg Tales, where the devil lights the lamps of

Nevsky Avenue, and Gogol’s most notorious creation,

of the deceased in Dead Souls. We will also discuss

Raskol’nikov in Crime and Punishment. READINGS & DISCUSSION IN ENGLISH

Saints and SinnersSaints and SinnersSaints and SinnersSaints and Sinners

the heroes of two of the greatest

as they accept or reject Russian Orthodox

kenosis, the saintly emulation of Christ in his suffering. We will examine the

, where the devil lights the lamps of

Nevsky Avenue, and Gogol’s most notorious creation, Chichikov, the corrupt buyer

. We will also discuss Dostoevsky`s axe-murderer

READINGS & DISCUSSION IN ENGLISH.